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Siri is not where it needs to be because Apple refuses to mine user data to enrich it. They also are very hesitant to allow researchers to publish their breakt
by nojito 5y ago
Siri is not where it needs to be because Apple refuses to mine user data to enrich it.
They also are very hesitant to allow researchers to publish their breakthroughs which makes recruitment very hard. Although this is changing
https://machinelearning.apple.com/ https://machinelearning.apple.com/
- turnsout 5y agoYeah, I hear that. Apple's privacy position makes Siri a bigger challenge, but I don't think that alone explains why Siri is so far behind. They can do a LOT on-device these days.
- lancesells 5y agoI have trouble with Siri setting a timer, telling me the weather, or letting me turn on and off individual lights (it used to do this). Data mining might be some of it but I don't see how that is an issue with a timer.
- e40 5y agoI have set timers with Siri 100's of times. It's practically the only thing I do with it. Hasn't failed me once. Just yesterday, though, I said "Hey, Siri, navigate home" and that literally got into a failed state. The first time I did it it told me I didn't have a "Home" contact, so I made it. Didn't work when I was in the car yesterday, but it did just now. So, I agree, there are issues with Siri.
- dmd 5y agoAnd there's also the issue that it doesn't seem to have any concept of priors. Every now and then I give Siri (and Maps) a try, and it's always something like, I ask it to "navigate to [name of local business]" and it starts navigating to a business with the same name ... but 2000 miles away. Even though it does have that business on the local map...
- beamatronic 5y agoContext is what’s missing. A dictionary of recently referred to entities. Most recent person, most recent place. Also things like current location. Am I home, am I moving, etc
- 0x38B 5y agoSiri is great for setting timers, making calls, and changing the volume when my hands are busy. The biggest “WTF” moment was when I was using Siri in Russian, and told it to “lower the volume” (as I’d done hundreds of times in English). It lowered Siri’s volume, but nothing else (and told me as much). Never did figure out how to adjust my music volume with Siri in Russian.